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One Life Beautiful (flex)
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General Info
Year: 2010 / 2020
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Musica Propria
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00 | Score Only (print) - $14.00
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- Flute
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
Part 2
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part 3
- Flute
- Oboe
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
Part 4
- B-flat Soprano Clarinet
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
- Horn in F
Part 5
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
- Trombone
Part 6
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 7
- Bassoon
- B-flat Bass Clarinet
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
Part 8
- Bassoon
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Bass Trombone
- Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Chimes
- Marimba
- Orchestra Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
One Life Beautiful -- The title itself is a double-entendre which in one sense is referring to the person this work is dedicated to as in “one life” that was beautifully lived. The other sense is a direct observation concluding that having only one life is what makes life so sacred, tragic and so very precious. This is an impressionistic work musically describing that condition. Shakespeare’s “sweet sorrow,” the frailty and strength of life, the meaning of what it is to truly live One Life Beautiful.
- Program Note by publisher
One Life Beautiful was written in memory of Heather Cramer Reu for her “one life beautiful” that brought so much love and joy to our lives. The piece was commissioned by Ray and Molly Cramer, husband Phillip Reu and children, and brother Jeremy, his wife, Michelle, and children.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
Media Links
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minn.) Wind Orchestra (Heidi Johanna Miller, conductor) - 6 December 2020
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Wind Orchestra (Nicholas P. Waldron, conductor) – 15 November 2020
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- The Bonsai Tree (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- Opa! (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- A Time to Dance (2006) (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
All Wind Works
- Af-free-kah! (2013)
- All Good Things
- All Through the Night (as arranger) (2011)
- Always (2019)
- Amaranthine
- Appalachian Portrait (2017)
- The Ash Grove (2019)
- At the Covid Cabana (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Away in a Manger (as arranger) (2012?)
- Before the Sun (2013)
- The Bench by the Sea (2017)
- The Bonsai Tree (2010)
- Bookmarks from Japan (2013)
- Boston Liberties (2003)
- Carnaval! (2013)
- Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Chorale for Wind Band and Melodic Percussion (as arranger) (2015)
- Christmas and Sousa Forever (as arranger) (2010)
- Christmas Toons (2012)
- Christmas with Mozart (2007)
- Circus Franticus (2001)
- Córdoba (2013)
- Crown of Thorns (1998)
- Culloden I and II (2000)
- Culloden III (2000)
- Dragon Sky (2015)
- Dream Dancer
- The Elements
- Empire (2006)
- Fantasy in French (2012)
- Fields of Gold (2019)
- The First Noel (as arranger)
- Fort McHenry Suite (2000)
- Freedom Rising (2017)
- Glenbury Grove (2009)
- Glorious Light
- The Grace in Being (2013)
- The Greatest Generation
- Hands of Mercy (2001)
- HardDrive
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1739/2020)
- Hark! Those Bells Are Smokin’ (2011)
- The Hearthstone (2016)
- Husaria Cavalry Overture (2006)
- Hymn for the Innocent (2016)
- I Got Rhythm for Christmas (2012)
- Il Burlone (2000)
- I'll Be Home A'fore Ye (2006)
- I'll Be Home A-fore Ye (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2020)
- Imbizo (2007)
- Impressions (2013)
- In My Father's Eyes (2017)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (as arranger) (1906/2018)
- Incantations (2019)
- Italian Rhapsody (2005)
- Jerusalem (as arranger)
- Jingle Them Bells (as arranger) (1857/2011)
- Journey Through Orion (2006)
- Just Flyin'! (2015)
- Kalanu
- Khan (2008)
- La Mezquita de Córdoba (2005)
- Let Your Spirit Sing
- The Little Drummer Boy's Bolero
- Louisiana Parish Sketches (2001)
- Mambo Perro Loco (2008)
- March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes (2000)
- Market Bridge (Flex instrumentation) (2013/2020)
- Medalist Fanfare (2013)
- Moonshine. See: Shine
- Movin' on Down the Line (2009)
- My Soul to Keep (2019)
- Mystery on Mena Mountain (1985)
- The Nature of the Beast
- Nihonbashi. See: Market Bridge
- No Finer Calling (2006)
- No Man's Land (2017)
- Nothing That Is (2000)
- Nutcracker Fantasia (2012)
- O Holy Night (arr. Giroux) (1847/2011)
- Of Blood and Stone (2015)
- One Life Beautiful (2010)
- One Life Beautiful (Flex instrumentation) (2010/2020)
- One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing (2011)
- Opa! (2018)
- Ouachita (1987)
- Our Cast Aways (2018)
- Our Cast Aways (Flex instrumentation) (2018/2020)
- Overture in Five Flat (2010)
- Paprikash (2014)
- Peter Patapan (2011)
- Poseidon
- Primality!
- Prisoner of the Ring (1986)
- Radiant Shadows (2016)
- Riften Wed (2013)
- River Shannon (2020)
- Shadow Falls (2013)
- Shine (2017)
- Space Symphony (1986/1991)
- The Speed of Heat (2010)
- Stealing Home (2016)
- A Stocking Full of Composers (2009)
- Symphony No. 5 (2017)
- Symphony No. 6 (2021, in composition)
- A Symphony of Fables (2006)
- Taboo for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble
- Three Fanfares (2003)
- Three Wise Guys (2011)
- Tiger Tail March (2000)
- A Time to Dance (2006)
- To Walk with Wings (2000)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas (2012)
- The Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
- Under the Willow (2015)
- A Very Merry Heart and Soul
- Vigils Keep (2005)
- Vortex (2015)
- Wagon Trail (2003)
- West Wind Overture (2012)
- What Child Is That Playing Carol of the Bells? (as arranger) (2011)
- What Goes in the Night (2000)
- When Country Comes to Town
- Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
- Wild West Overture
- Without You
- Wolves in Moonlight (2019)
- Zephyr, Chorale and Dance (2012)
Resources
- Creative Repertoire Initiative
- Golemo, Michael. "One Life Beautiful." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 667-673. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
- [www.musicapropria.com/musicpages/listen/adapt_one_life_beautiful_scr_play.html Perusal score]
